ABSTRACT
Journalism is especially suited to the effective use of ‘live action’ scenarios. Students can play roles as reporters, editors and presenters; can create the settings, plots and characters for ‘news story’ scenarios to perform to other groups; and can get into role to act out those parts as key figures, witnesses, members of the emergency services, passers-by and professionals alike. The ‘important’ world of adults is full of news, constantly streaming from our media and apparently full of urgency, so young people find these kinds of scenarios ‘grown-up’, exciting and fun.
